Amendment aims to stop Wisconsin governors from ‘playing monarch’

Published October 22, 2025 12:06pm ET



(The Center Square) – If Wisconsin Democrats want to avoid having kings, one Republican senator thinks they should be big proponents of a constitutional amendment to limit the power of a governor.

A joint resolution to limit Wisconsin’s governors from using their veto power to delete words, letters or characters from appropriations will be heard next Wednesday in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

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